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2013-14 SALUKI BASKETBALL SIUSALUKIS.CoM
2002 SWEET 16
The Salukis’ triumphant
return to the Marion
Airport after beating
Texas Tech and Georgia to
advance to the Sweet 16.
The 2002 team finished the season
ranked No. 22 in the Coaches Poll, the SIU rallied from a
19-point deficit to beat
school’s first national ranking since the No. 21-ranked Georgia.
1976-77 season. The team set a school “Big-Game” Jermaine
Dearman led SIU with
record for wins (28), beat two ranked 25 points.
teams (No. 23 Georgia and No. 22
Indiana) and defeated teams from power
conferences such as Conference USA,
the Big 12, the Big Ten and the SEC.
Bruce Weber’s staff
included future head
coaches Matt Painter,
Chris Lowery and
Rodney Watson.
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